While not exactly an Argentina fan favorite here at the moment, Gonzalo HIGUAIN is set to leave Napoli, according to his brother.
Nicolas HIGUAIN (Gonzalo’s brother) mentioned to reporter Mariano CLOSS that his brother will not renew with Napoli. There have been strong rumors that HIGUAIN will be joining French club PSG.
Some breaking news coming out of Italy regarding Pablo ZABALETA.
According to Gazzetta dello Sport, Pablo ZABALETA has agreed to join Italian club AS Roma. Gazzetta dello Sport is reporting that both clubs have agreed to a fee of £2.5m with just the small details left.
He would join on a multi year deal.
Diego MARADONA came out defending Lionel MESSI following his retirement from the Argentina National Team.
MARADONA has defended MESSI, saying that they’ve left him alone and that he would like to talk to him. Here’s what he had to say:
“MESSI has to continue with the National Team, he has to continue! They’ve left MESSI alone and I don’t want him to be alone.”
“I want to talk to him: To fight for those who were left alone, from first to last, from SEGURA until VERON.”
“We have to support more those who can help push the team forward and less those which they say have to go. Those who say they (players) have to go, they don’t see the mess that is Argentinian football.”
“The only thing Leo’s comments do are cover up all the disasters in Argentinian football. They put the kid’s face (Messi’s face) to cover up what the AFA has done and today we’re talking about him and not them. And to cover it all, we lost two consecutive finals to Chile. And with all the respect in the world, they aren’t the Netherlands of 1974. And we lost both. The truth is right now, I don’t believe anyone.”
“I have a feeling they just told him: “Go and for the love of God do something to save us.” We were a mess and they left him alone.”
While not confirmed, Verónica BRUNATI (who is very close to the National Team) has reported that Tata MARTINO will step down as coach.
While not official, MARTINO has taken the decision to no longer continue on as Argentina coach. Should this be the case, the Olympic team could be without a coach for the tournament in August.
It is worth mentioning that MARTINO has not been paid his salary in about 7 months.
In the middle of all the retiring players and the mess that is the senior team, Argentina still has one tournament left this summer.
Nine players have been confirmed for the Argentina Olympic team. Here they are:
Giovani LO CELSO (Rosario Central)
Geronimo RULLI (Real Sociedad)
Angel CORREA (Atletico Madrid)
Emmanuel MAMMANA (River Plate)
Jonathan SILVA (Boca Juniors)
Jose Luis GOMEZ (Lanus)
Mauricio MARTINEZ (Union)
Leandro PAREDES (Empoli)
Cristian ESPINOZA (Huracan)
Reports continue to surface that Juventus will not allow Paulo DYBALA to go to the Olympics. These are only 9 of the 22 players who will be going to Rio for Argentina.
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